Captain Amarinder cancels political rallies in Canada

CHANDIGARH: On the request of Foreign Ministry of Canada, Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) president and Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha Captain Amarinder Singh has cancelled his plans to hold political rallies in Toronto and Vancouver. However, he would be meeting and interacting with the Punjabi diaspora during his six days visit to Canada that begins on April 23. Capt Amarinder was informed by the Indian Foreign Secretary, Dr S Jaishanker, on phone that the Canadian rules, under Global Affairs Policy, prevent foreign governments and individuals from conducting election campaigns in Canada. He said that since his political conference could have violated the rules of the host country, he had decided to cancel them. Singh said that his earlier scheduled interactions with the people had been organised to actually assess the aspirations of non-resident Punjabis in Canada.DP